The City of Hermosa Beach and NRG eVgo (ee-vee-go), a subsidiary of NRG Energy, Inc., introduced the first electric vehicle (EV) fast-charging Freedom Station installation on public land in California today. Mayor Michael DiVirgilio and ...
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The California State Senate’s Appropriations Committee has approved a bill that mandates sugary soft drinks to feature labels that warn of obesity, diabetes and tooth decay. Under the new measure, which was approved on a 5-2 ...
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Today NRG eVgo, a subsidiary of NRG Energy, Inc. (NRG), announced that it has partnerships and agreements in place to have more than 200 fast-charging Freedom Station charging sites built throughout California. Currently, NRG has a total ...
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Covered California has almost reached its enrollment goal for March 31, according to numbers released Wednesday. Still, the state plans to spend millions on Spanish-language advertising in the weeks remaining before the open enrollment ...
Tags: Health Insurance, Health Coverage, Health Plan, Obamacare
Some chefs and bartenders in California are miffed about a new regulation restricting them from handling ready-to-eat foods with their bare hands. At the beginning of January, language in the state's food code changed from directing food ...
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Health insurance exchanges in five states with strong enrollment growth are ramping up efforts to reach even more uninsured Americans before the end of the Affordable Care Act's open enrollment period on March 31. The March 31 deadline is ...
Blue Shield Life and Health is imposing an unreasonable rate increase on over 80,000 Californians with individual health insurance policies, an average of 9.8% that adds up to a 22.8% increase for the year. California Insurance Commissioner ...
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The early morning highlights from the major news organizations examine today's deadline for enrolling for health insurance that would begin Jan. 1, as well as a variety of other health law stories and several articles on mental health ...
The increase has ranged from 30 percent to 40 percent, reports ABC News. In California, an estimated 50,000 people picked a health plan in the first week of December. News outlets also reported on the latest developments in Maryland, Oregon ...
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. is supporting the Toys for Tots campaign at the Carson Blimp Base in Gardena, Calif., by offering a chance to win a flight for five aboard the Spirit of America. No donation is required for entering the ...
About two-thirds of Southern California households that cook with natural gas without a hood may be exposed to high levels of air pollution, researchers say. Brett Singer and colleagues at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley ...
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Advocates are prepping for next month’s California Bike Summit, which will be held in Oakland Nov. 7-10. The summit will be a gathering of industry and bike advocacy leaders in transit, urban planning, health, design and technology ...
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Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. applauded a mattress recycling bill that he signed into law here late last week. SB 254, backed by the International Sleep Products Assn., enjoyed bipartisan support as it moved through the legislative process in ...
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California lawmakers gave final passage Thursday to a bill to create a mattress recycling program, sending the measure to the governor's desk for review. The California State Senate voted 31-8 to approve SB254, authored by Sens. Loni ...
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The California State Assembly voted Wednesday to approve a mattress recycling bill supported by the International Sleep Products Assn. on a 63-10 bipartisan vote. SB 254 cleared a number of legislative hurdles in recent weeks and passed ...
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